“Northern Cardinal Song in Three Forest Habitats in Eastern Texas.” The Wilson Bulletin 97.4 (1985): 436-49.
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Future work with the Northern Cardinal will most likely reside in their ability to sing and work will be done to attempt the full documentation of this process.Īnderson, Mary E., and Richard N. Through multiple samples of Northern Cardinal populations we can determine if this is more common, and what exactly the Females role in the courtship process is. There have been only two populations where female song-dance courtship have been observed. This picture is from Phil Haber Photography Future Workįemale Cardinals and their involvement with courtship is a very unknown phenomena. Females rarely sing alone as they are generally accompanied by their male partners. Females sing over a much shorter time period then males do.
In one study the females sang an observed amount of 0.5% of time, this was out of 45,000 minutes. Even though Females sing and their songs are generally longer and more complicated Females sing way less then their male counterparts. The Female Song trait for the Northern Cardinal is highly unusual for songbirds. There is also the ranging hypothesis which shows cardinals learning degraded versions of neighbor songs in order to differentiate territories. Young male Cardinals will learn more complex songs to gain their initial territory.Then as time goes on the males will put less time into their songs and they will become shorter and the male Northern Cardinal will put more time in effort into care and defense for their young. To the human ear the song of the male and the female Northern Cardinal sound similar, but as stated above are slightly dimorphic. Both sexes learn song during the breeding season. Both Male and Female Northern Cardinals learn song. The Male bird is the one who does most of the parental care and during that time period teaches the young numerous Songs. There is a minimum amplitude of -33 dB to the peak.
The songs between male and female Northern Cardinals within the amplitude of the harmonics. The Song of the Northern Cardinal is dimorphic. Sonogram from The Singing Life of Birds by Donald Kroodsma
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